Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-04-13

yer is thrown into sort Of bowl like scoop,
which looks much like a brass wash basin.
II the weight is more or less than the esti-
mate the money has TO be counted, and when
the new treasurer is appointed every dollar in
the treasury will have to be gone over again,
as it was when Mr.. Jordan came in. 1t took
forty expert counters and q number Of clerks
nearly three weeks to count the paper money
in the treasury then, and it took over a week
to count the gold and silver in the vaults.
The count at this time will be much longer,
as there is more money to be counted.
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This big vault Is one story below the level
Of the street. and I asked the assistant treas
urer whether he was not afraid that it might
he robbed. He replied: "No! The vault
rests on a solid foundation of stone and
cement, and its floor Is made of six inches
Of chilled iron and STEEL the walls are Of
thick masonry, and there are passages
around the whole Of it. 1t would not be pos
sible to tunnel under the treasury from the
outside except at an immense expense, run
ming high into the thousands and tens of
thousands of dollars. Watchmen are present
at all times, and . touch Of an electric bell
would summon the guards from all quarters
Of the treasury to the vault. This big vault
thick and Of solid granite, and the safe doors
are fastened by time locks Of such q charac-
ter that they are safe from dynamite The
vaults of the treasury have never been riied
in any way. and during eleven years not q
dollar has been lost"
l saw Ben Butler the other day. What
curious old codger he isl He
wore q heavy fur overcoat, which
was wrapped about his form like an
old woman's cloak, and he had q fur
cap pulled down almost to the edge Of his
cooked eye. He was laughing heartily and
his great abdomen was shaking like bowl of
jelly when I saw him. was talking to q
Tennessee congressman as he passed me, and
the Congressman asked me if had ever heard
Of the letter which the Hon. Robert L.
Looney wrote Butler when he was elected
governor Of Massachusetts, Said he: @But-
Ter was not at all liked in Tennessee. and after
the war closed there was probably no name
more odious than his. Looney is a very
prominent Democrat Of Memphis and he has
been talked Of as a candidate for United
States senator He denounced Butler up to
the time Of his election as governor Of Massa-
chusetts, and then was so glad over the defeat
of the Republicans that he forgave him He
wrote to Butler congratulating him as fol-
lows:
Governor Benjamin F. Butler:
I'VE Tennesseeans all thank God you have been
elected. If you did steal them spoons you are
welcome to keep them. 'R. l. LooNKY.
So
1.-THE most applause l ever heard at a
circus in Tennessee, the congressman went on,
occurred in response to joke on Ben Butler
and his spoons. The circus is attended by All
classes in Tennessee, and the people go to
1t as freely as they do to the theaters in the
north. At this circus one Of the features
was cage Of performing rats. There was a
long pole placed upon couple Of chairs, and
at the end Of this, with doors opening out
upon it, was placed little pigeon box made
up Of four or five compartments, with hole in
each facing the POLE The Snowman stood at
the other end of the pole from the box, and
after dilating on the wonder he was about
% show, he waved his wand and said: Gen
Robert E. Lee come forth At this q big
gray rat came out Of one of the holes walked
sedately from one end of the pole to the other
and back again into his hole. Then the
Snowman said: Gen. Stonewall jackson
come forth second rat responded from a
second hole, and went through the same per-
Torrance. Gen. Joe Johnston, Gen. Grant
and one or two Others were represented in the
same way, and then the Snowman said: i
will now show you the greatest curiosity
of them ALL Gen. Ben Butler, we want
to see you At this an old gray rat with
a shaved head and painted eye came out with
4 little spoon in his mouth, and trotted up the
pole. The audience went wild They en-
cored the rat Ben Butler again and again, and
it was the greatest feature Of the circus"
/ heard a good story Of Postmaster Gen
eral Villas yesterday. Representative Garlic
ton, Of Michigan, had had some trouble in
regard to n postal clerk in his district, and
the man had been removed, think at his
suggestion Villas, to Cartoons surprise, ap-
pointed man from another district, and
Carleton, in company with Representatives
Maybury and Timothy Tarseney, had come
to protest against the appointment. Villas,
however, seemed obdurate, and he would not
change the appointment to suit Carleton. At
last Timothy Tarseney, who has made such
reputation as q wit, leaned over from his
chair, and looking Villas straight in the eye,
said: "Mr. William Villas, / know only one
story that fits this case, and that is one which
relates to a political convention in Illinois in
which Bill Morrison was q leading figure
Morrison had adopted a policy which was
contrary to the opinions Of his friends He
was obstinate in it and no one could move
him. AT last an old Irishman, who had long
been a friend Of Morrison and who had al
ways voted with him, came up to him. He
threw his arm around Morrison's shoulder
and said: See here, Bill, you know I am
wild ye, and you know l am wild ye whether
ye're right or wrong land here Timothy
leaned still closer to Villas; but, Bill, try
and be right this time"
Villas saw the point and leaned back in his
chair, roaring with laughter. The story put
him in such a good humor that be changed
the appointment and gave it to one of Carrie |
toms friends. FRANK G.. CARPENTER
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